When Good Hair Goes Bad: Lemon + Conditioner, A Recipe to Save Disaster!!!

Have you tried to make a colour change at home, and ended up with a ghastly cast on your hair? Think you need to bleach, colour remove or throw more colour on top to fix your flaw? Think again, and try this natural remedy with stuff you can find in your fridge and shower!

My account:

I thought it would be a FABULOUS idea to tone down my obvious blonde to a more subtle, natural colour at home, on my own...with boxed dye. This will come as absolutely no surprise to anyone that knows me.  After the recommended 10 minutes, my beautiful vision washed away in the bathroom sink to reveal a terrible grey cast on my once goldie locks.  With a trip to London, England on the horizon, and frazzled elderly hair on my head, I quickly sought the advice of search engines for a recommendation on something I could do to reverse this catastrophe.

  It was on this search I came across missmassacre . net 's experience on YouTube with blonde-gone grey locks, and the results she got with using this handcrafted remedy.  I was amazed at the results, and couldn't believe that in my 10+ years of tormenting my hair I had never heard of or tried this recipe to fix disaster.  

Before-GREY!

After-Honey Blonde! :D

This can be used to remove/tone down at home mishaps on any hair colour from haywire blonde, to sharpie marker black.  It is not recommended to remove red hues however.

Lemon + Conditioner: A Recipe for Disasters!

3/4 cup lemon juice

1/4 cup conditioner (I used Aussie Moisture Repair, but anyone will do)

Mix the ingredients until well blended and SATURATE dry, freshly erred locks (mine had been dyed about 9 hours prior) with the mixture. Leave on hair 30 mins-1 hour (I left mine on for 2 hours).  Rinse hair and follow up with a conditioning treatment if desired (I used an Argan deep conditioner).

The colour should be lifted or toned down to a much more appealing hue.  My hair was left the colour I had wanted to end up with in the first place!  A golden/honey blonde as opposed to light bulb bleach, then grey.  It was also was left in much better condition.

  If you have ended up with that obvious fake black hue, and wish to not have such a harsh, 'I just coloured my hair with a permanent marker to cut down on cost' look, this will remove that hard black and leave you with a more natural raven appearance

Strike Gold! Bath and Body Works, True Blue Spa: Bronzing Self-Tanning Lotion

I had certainly never considered Bath and Body Works when it came to sun care, and when my eyes grazed over the tube of True Blue Spa: Bronzing Self-Tanning Lotion in Strike Gold ($16.00 CDN in store), I had to add it to my itinerary for the day.  I have never been a fan of self-tanning...I have always found it a smelly, orange catastrophe.  I can't stand the 'tanning' smell after effect that every other product I have tried left on my skin, and the orange/streaky cast that I had reminiscent of a certain "guidette" as a result.  In the past, I had no quarrels with hopping into a tanning bed...beat me over the head a million times with the health concerns, vanity and quick satisfaction always won in the past.  Alas, my developing second child held me back from that impulse, and the thought of going all summer pale and potbellied led to my purchase.

I tested out a small area on my hand, to test the consistency, and smell of course. The lotion is more of a gel, dark brown in colour with tiny gold flecks through out.  It has a light beachy scent to it, and blends incredibly well upon proper application.  It leaves an instant sheer glow so you can see where you're applying, and the maximum colour level develops by 4 hours. The lotion left absolutely NO streaks, and NO tanning smell!  I can apply it in the morning and head out for the day with no worries.  It gave me a beautiful, natural bronze; no orange streaky mess.  It is buildable, I applied it 2 days back to back and got the level of colour I wanted....not Jersey Shore dark, but a nice tone of olive bronze.  I'm sure if you were to consistently apply after showering for a week you'd have a deep, dark colour.  I will continue to use this product in lieu of sun beds in the future, the thought of approaching my 30's with terribly aged skin doesn't sit to well with me.

As with any self-tanner, or tanning in general, please be sure to apply to exfoliated skin post shower, and use a moisturiser.  I am loyal to The Body Shop's Body Butter 98% of the time, but use what ever works best for your skin and preference to maintain and develop a canvas to envy.

I also nabbed these candles on a BOGO deal for our new home to give it an alluring beach scented atmosphere.

The nesting phase of pregnancy + preparing to settle into a new environment= I should probably hide my wallet.